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'Dahlin made his presence known early drawing a power play for the Sabres midway through the first period. He then capitalized on the man advantage to give Buffalo a 1-0 lead. Kristian Vesalianen tripped the Buffalo defenseman and was in the penalty box when Dahlin received a Tage Thompson pass in the offensive end and scored his fourth goal of the year.' … [Read more...] about Luukkonen, Dahlin shine for Sabres in win over Jets

'What I really liked about this win is as the second period rolled on, the Jets came at the Sabres in waves. Goalie Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen was, again, spectacular, making huge saves when his team needed him. It’s something this team has rarely seen since Craig Anderson got hurt.' … [Read more...] about Opinion: Sabres finally win for young goalie in Winnipeg

'“He looks better from the standpoint of reading shooters better, reading situations better and holding his ground better," Granato said while chatting with Howard Simon and Jeremy White. "Those are all confidence things... he regained it down in Rochester. This is his second set of games, and he’s shown tremendous progress.”' … [Read more...] about Listen: Granato: Luukkonen progressing well with Sabres

'Victor Olofsson has been back for 11 games since missing eight with an injury. The winger hasn’t scored since being back and has six assists. His line with Jeff Skinner and Tage Thompson was red hot for awhile, but Olofsson hasn’t scored in 11 games, Thompson has no goals and one assist in seven games and Skinner has no goals and one assist in five games.' … [Read more...] about Sabres’ Olofsson is starting to get his shot back.

'Buffalo's first lead of the night is courtesy of Will Butcher. The defenseman stepped up into the offensive end and received a Rasmus Asplund pass in the slot. The defenseman stepped in front of Dylan Cozens for his first goal of the year. Asplund and Kyle Okposo assisted on the goal that made it 2-1 Sabres.' … [Read more...] about Washington outlasts Sabres for shootout victory over Buffalo

'The Sabres had really played well until the third period. Both teams had played Friday night, but the Sabres were the only team out of gas in the third period. Buffalo's decisions with the puck were all of a sudden complicated and Washington ripped 17 shots at Luukkonen to only six for Buffalo.' … [Read more...] about Opinion: The Sabres waste more great goaltending from Luukkonen

'Brett Murray was finally able to get the Sabres on the score sheet with his second goal of the season on a second chance opportunity. Mark Pysyk helped create the chance with a pass from below the goal line. Murray's first shot was stopped by Alexandar Georgiev, but the forward poked home the rebound to make it a 2-1 Buffalo deficit with less than six minutes to go in … [Read more...] about Sabres fall short in late comeback against Rangers

'How Georgiev wasn’t the game’s first star and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen wasn’t the game’s second star is beyond me. Both stole the show in this game.' … [Read more...] about Opinion: The Sabres played with speed and passion, but still lose to the Rangers

'There isn’t a roster spot for a call up so things will fall back on Tage Thompson and Dylan Cozens. Granato said, “Tage has progressed through the season and continues to progress and Dylan has been on a surge which has been a career high level, so it’s nice that those two are still trending very well, but you’re not going to replace Mitzy because he’s on our team, so you … [Read more...] about Sabres Mittelstadt to see a specialist. The center goes on IR.

'Don Granato understands what proper development is for two 20-years-olds and a 19-year-old, but the temptation is always there to rush it, “There’s a big temptation, yes. When you go to Rochester and you see the skill level of those kids, there’s a big temptation that’s tough to fight at times, but we want to make sure we’re doing the right thing for the long-term and it’s … [Read more...] about Sabres’ Granato doesn’t want to interrupt player development this season

'“ What was upsetting was that this was a winnable hockey game. There were some frustrations within the context of the game that hadn’t been resolved and all of that tied in with that being a loss and we had chances we just didn’t score.”' … [Read more...] about Don Granato: We had chances, just couldn’t score

'A highlight reel goal by the Anaheim Ducks in the second period was enough to help defeat the Buffalo Sabres 2-0 on Tuesday night at KeyBank Center.' … [Read more...] about Sabres shut out by Anaheim

'The Sabres had been off since Saturday while the Ducks played in Washington and went to overtime on Monday, but for the first 40 minutes, it looked like the Sabres that had played on Monday.' … [Read more...] about Opinion: The Sabres only give up two goals, but still lose

'Malcolm Subban left Saturday’s game with a leg injury and Don Granato is hoping that Subban isn’t out a long time, “We’re hopeful that it’s not significant and there’s some optimism that it’s not, but we still don’t have the information. He’ll get more looks today from the doctor and it could be very simple and it’s pointing that way.”' … [Read more...] about With injuries in goal, Luukkonen is back in Buffalo

'The Hurricanes never trailed on Saturday night, rolling over the Sabres to the tune of a 6-2 final.' … [Read more...] about Sabres caught in a Hurricane